Forest Hills

Hey, space hogger on Weld Hill Street: The city has its eye on you

adamg — Thu, 09 Feb 2012 20:53:57 +0000

In response to a citizen complaint about a neighbor constantly using a traffic cone to claim a space on Weld Hill Street in Forest Hills, a city DPW inspector reports:

I sent an inspector to this location, they reported back that the cones are not there now. We will keep patroling the area periodically so we can try and confiscate the cones.

How to avoid spilling your coffee at a subway stop

adamg — Sun, 05 Feb 2012 18:55:56 +0000

Don't try riding your bike up the escalator while holding a cup in one hand. SC reports watching in amazement today as a guy rode his bike down the Orange Line platform at Forest Hills, then tried to ride it up the escalator:

He got stuck at the bottom & spilled his coffee everywhere. ... Got one wheel on and lost control while still on the seat.

Wonder if he's the same guy spotted riding his bike down the Orange Line platform at Back Bay last month.

Apparent drive-by shooting in Forest Hills this afternoon; no injuries

adamg — Sat, 07 Jan 2012 00:24:26 +0000

1/6/12 - 3:30 pm

A blue Honda Fit had its rear window blown out by gunfire around 3:30 p.m. outside 219 South St., according to AlertNewEngland and Mike Flynn (who took a photo of the damaged car). Four suspects in an older Ford were reported to have fled toward Centre Street.

Two arrested for armed holdup of pizza delivery guy in Forest Hills

adamg — Fri, 06 Jan 2012 21:39:56 +0000

1/5/12 - 10:15 pm

Boston Police report two Jamaica Plain teens were arrested after they allegedly held up a pizza driver at knifepoint last night at 155 Williams St.

Crumbling Forest Hills overpass to be shut Sunday for repaving

adamg — Fri, 16 Dec 2011 22:08:43 +0000

The Casey Overpass is scheduled to be shut between 9 p.m. Sunday and 5 a.m. Monday for repaving, MassDOT advises.

City to MBTA: We'll be watching you at the Arborway Yard

adamg — Fri, 16 Dec 2011 12:11:30 +0000

The Jamaica Plain Gazette reports the city has put the T's Arborway bus yard on its list of problem properties, which it usually uses for places at high risk of catastrophic fires, excessive illegal activities and the like. In the yard's case, the issue is chemical storage and fumes. The T has shelved plans to renovate the property, citing lack of money.

Orange Line springs an electricity leak

adamg — Wed, 14 Dec 2011 13:08:14 +0000

Orange Line riders wait for mystery shuttle bus at Green. Photo by Rick Pinchera.

UPDATE, 9:24 a.m.: The T says normal service has resumed, but with "residual delays."

You'd be hard pressed to pick a worse time for the Orange Line to die than 8 a.m. on a weekday. But there's no service south of Ruggles as the T tries to figure out where the power went. Shuttle buses are allegedly plying the roads; the queueing masses at Forest Hills are being told to take the 39. Rider Jennifer M sums it up:

BLARG

Of course, the problems quickly backed up north of downtown as well. Shana O. tweets:

Stuck on an orange line train packed like sardines delayed at CC, feeling claustrophobic

Man shot near Forest Hills T stop

adamg — Sun, 11 Dec 2011 23:16:09 +0000

AlertNewEngland reports a man was shot at 218 South St. this afternoon, possibly by the two men police reported fled toward the Southwest Corridor Park.

Jamaica Plain Patch talked to a man who said he was talking to the victim - expected to survive - when he was shot.

Mr. Davey, tear down this bridge!

adamg — Fri, 09 Dec 2011 22:40:33 +0000

Sarah Freeman (l.) and Beth Worell were among the protesters on New Washington Street under the Casey Overpass today urging the state Department of Transportation to replace the crumbling hulk with at-grade intersections and parks.

Forest Hills has been split between people who want the state to build a new overpass and those who say that for $21 million less, you'd get at-grade intersections that a state study said could handle the same amount of traffic but would also mean enough land to build a Copley Square-sized park that reconnects severed parts of the Emerald Necklace and provides a better environment for local businesses.

State officials had planned a final hearing on the project next week, but postponed that until an as yet unspecified date in January.

Casey Overpass Project: Documents and schedule

Wait a minute: How can an outbound train from Forest Hills already be full?

adamg — Fri, 02 Dec 2011 13:03:35 +0000

Martin Connolly reports some savvy/sneaky inbound commuters at Stony Brook and Green Street take the outbound train to Forest Hills, then don't get off as the train becomes an inbound one, which reduces the odds that poor Forest Hill saps like him can get a seat.

Police: Guy who reported armed robbery is himself arrested when it turns out his stolen stuff was itself stolen

adamg — Tue, 29 Nov 2011 15:44:17 +0000

11/28/11 - 1:00 pm

Boston Police report a Plymouth man who helped lead them to the guy who held him up at gunpoint near the Forest Hills T stop yesterday wound up arrested himself when it turned out the stuff he'd had stolen was itself stolen property.

First, police say, Gregory B. Bray, 41, of Dorchester, was arrested at the T stop on armed-robbery charges after he used a pellet gun to stick up Joel Diaz-Sanchez, 32, of Plymouth on South Street around 1 p.m. Police say investigating officers found Diaz-Sanchez's stuff in a trash barrel at the station:

Officers recovered from those bags a number of items ranging from Calvin Klein shirts to Armani wallets to Victoria Secret perfumes totaling in excess of $1,000.00. The caller was then asked if he had receipts for the items in the bag but could produce none.

Police say Diaz-Sanchez was then arrested on a charge of receiving stolen property.

Both innocent, etc.

Don't recreate the Central Artery in Forest Hills

adamg — Tue, 29 Nov 2011 11:51:26 +0000

Liam, who lives in Forest Hills, explains his support for a proposal to replace the crumbling hulk of an overpass by the T stop with an at-grade crossing, rather than with another overpass:

I am aware that traffic engineers in your department have determined that both a bridge and the at-grade option will handle the predicted traffic flow of 2035 in roughly the same way. In light of this I see no reason to build a bridge. In future projects, I believe that the recently consolidated MassDOT would serve Massachusetts better to find ways to hold traffic flow around our fair city to the levels of 2011 or less instead of planning for traffic increases. This could be accomplished in many areas by developing public transportation, a safe connective bikeways network and pedestrian-friendly streets that encourage active transportation and healthier lifestyles.

The current situation under the bridge is quite the harrowing experience for pedestrians and cyclists and even for motorists. ...

Let's play: Guess the subway line

adamg — Mon, 28 Nov 2011 15:24:17 +0000

Meg Fowler Tripp got on a train this morning and soon after heard the driver exclaim:

I'm closing the doors to this train, and don't you be thinkin' God's gonna open a window and let your ass on.

If you immediately thought gotta be the Orange Line, congratulations, get yourself a donut at Mike's or Donut and Donuts.

Transformer fire blacks out part of Forest Hills for second time in two weeks

adamg — Wed, 26 Oct 2011 02:37:43 +0000

Superguppy reports power is out along Hyde Park Avenue from Ukraine Way to Walk Hill Street tonight - the same area that had a planned outage on Oct. 14 for NStar to do some maintenance work.

Citizen complaint of the day: Bold jerk is really getting annoying

adamg — Mon, 24 Oct 2011 12:24:50 +0000

A fed-up citizen files the latest report on somebody calling himself Bold, who keeps scribbling his fool name all over Forest Hills.